23. Sherhada

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 89.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.